Psst. Scott, I think Jerry was being sarcastic. On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Scott Stewart <sstwebwo...@bellsouth.net>wrote:
> > You're joking right? > > " No, I think it is clear that the responsibility of the Republican > Congress > is to hold the Executive Branch in check, and use its power of the purse to > prevent Obama from continuing his tragic and unnecessary wars of > aggression." > > The current administration did not start the war in Iraq, nor Afghanistan, > he has set a clear timeline for troop withdrawal in Iraq and the surge in > Afghanistan is setting the stage for the same in Afghanistan. > > " Withholding paychecks from servicemen at war during Christmas is just an > unfortunate side-effect." > > This is not, nor should it in any way shape or form be acceptable for ANY > reason. Withhold paychecks from Republican congressmen before withholding a > dime from a single American service man or their families. This borders on > treason, IMO. > > " Anything less would be an abdication of their duties to their electorate, > and to America." > > Key words here.. duties to their electorate... not the American people > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:jmi...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 2:30 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Republicans Hate Our Troops > > > No, I think it is clear that the responsibility of the Republican Congress > is to hold the Executive Branch in check, and use its power of the purse to > prevent Obama from continuing his tragic and unnecessary wars of > aggression. > > Withholding paychecks from servicemen at war during Christmas is just an > unfortunate side-effect. > > Anything less would be an abdication of their duties to their electorate, > and to America. > > This has always been their platform. > > On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Medic <hofme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Probably something along the lines of Obama is a dirty commie socialist > > non-citizen homosexual hemaphrodite and global warming is a myth. > > > > On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > I wonder what Fox news would have to say about this? :-) > > > > > > 2009/12/18 Gruss Gott <grussg...@gmail.com>: > > > > > > > > Clearly treason: > > > > > > > > Washington Post Staff Writers > > > > Friday, December 18, 2009; 2:50 AM > > > > > > > > Senate Republicans failed early Friday in their bid to filibuster a > > > > massive Pentagon bill that funds the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan ... > > > > On a 63 to 33 vote, Democrats cleared a key hurdle that should allow > > > > them to approve the must-pass military spending bill Saturday. After > > > > years of criticizing Democrats for not supporting the troops, just > > > > three Republicans supported the military funding. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/18/AR2009121800 > 241.htm > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:309558 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5